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FOR 'SUN: "OPPoitric.ll, soelEYY'.'" SECT. IV. 'Aim) is naturally and of necessity a social being. In his progress - of lite he becomes a political one for the purpose of justice, - without which; in bis intrreourqe - with the - world, there' 'would be neither ne.ire nor sarety. This 'is the object of our 'GovernMent, which is under a Icing,' as So'- vervign Mon'arch; Lords SPirirnal• and Temporal as - truitees of Oue•liberiy,: and Ccinintous as our Representatives in Parliistuent, to vote or with= bold supplies, as -holderi of the -national purse. These - ihrcediitinct"ot'der4 — ark independent of each other ; the King as'ex'ecutive and supreme, the Lotus as selected for their birth and wisdr.m, and property ; arid 'the CiiMmons Chosen by the people as their agents for civil and political purpoam rrOnt this mixed 'state flow Armies mid rliets,Offi f t:ei-VNliniitit's;• arid AMbasSadors. A 'Clergy CoMpletes . rite' whole; to the end Of po pular obedience,- morality, &int good abearing ; yet atfcli is' human ' faltibility - , - which forced us' into pack»! sticiety, tWat it is impossible to keep mankind the paths of virtue and justice. They fn'td a greater' interest in fraud, thin hurt by their trisnsgresSiOns' in the social union, and they are more frequently taken 'from great, though distant, irittrest by the farce of present and often trifling teniptation, which is,' and ever has been, and will be, above all remedy, and therefore political go vernment corrects fraud and•violenre, binds us to our solid interest; and - . punishes' transgressors. Obedience is the support of justice, and its obli gation is strengthened by allegiance ; the order of society is better Maintained, and our subjection to the magistrate is better protected, even by the impulse of human nature, than by our duty to our fellow-citizeni. The love of power is so strong in us, that we rush into the carts-Of government,' Only because we 'find an'inteiesi in the itnpartial - administratiOn of justice ; arid the honour,' integrity, and su perior knowledge of those who govern, engage our confidence, which 'influences our submission, and trifofde the - de:creel of 'themagistrates. They at'e readriy - nbeye'd by as all,"anclOnee accustomed to obedience, we do not think of departing from what we and our ancestors have toPowed, and to which wear'eleonfined - bk . :urgent "and.-..prOfirrible motives ; nut` drsetivet4ihre piithrf; nor - are we sensible of their operation. The ascendency. of one man over a multitude is supposed to •have began in a lege of war, where opinion, generally diffused, favoured the courage and 'genius of . a • • ... particular leridee, to avoid the pernicious effect of disorder ; and if he were as jest, prudent, and wise in time of peace, the people made him su preme arbiter over all tlielr - private differences ; sud by force or consent established his authority. If-'hlhlon and 'Success& inherited his virtues, go vefoneent writ' `gradually advanced' towards matu rity, but nothing - like perfection, until, in the course of improvement, a public revenue was procured for the magistrate. This enhbled him to reward the instruments of his administration, and to punish Mal-contents. Before this, his influence nitist - have been confined to particular occasions ; but afterwards, subjection %as less a matter of choiCe` than duiy; and it' was 'exacted by the an thority'of law'; 'yet theretemained either ah open or • seeret struggle between this authority and li berty, where neither could prevail at the expellee of the - other, though liberty to-e degree is sacri ficed in every government, while authority is never without controul. Religion is intractable in all countries; and prejudices will leiist autho rity, The power of the' magistiatebeing founded in opinion, nothing but opinion can affect his dominion . . A iree' government admits a partition amongst several' of - its 'members; whose united authority is greater than the single power of any monarch. So that irseems au undeniable truth, thatliberty is the perfeCtion of civitsociety, and authority is essential to its existence. In all the strife between them the latter claims the pre ference, unless ally circumstance essential to the existence of civil society - require a guard, with less jealousy than one that contributes only to its perfection, which our indolence may neglect, or our ignorance overlook. MON', FESQUIEU. (To be continued in Sect.".) GREAT PEDESTRIAN UNDERTAKING. Mr. STOKES, who is said to he a, relation of Captain SToKEs, who did '6O miles a day for ten succes sive da'ys at Bristol, has undertaken to go front London to :Doncaster and return (324 miles) in 100 hours. The•match is to be performed within three week's-40 guineas are down, to be made 200.. The - military prison in the Savoy is about to be removed, and a. new one, erected, for the reception of deserters, -&e., in the 13irdcage,walk. Until the htiilding _is completed, ()tie of the Sloops of war - from Deptford or Woolwich is to lie moored in the Thames, off Whitehall - Stairs, foftlie - sale custody of the prisoners. 'LA \V INiLLLIGENtE. COURT Or . CHANCERY, JULY 17. MRS. - TAYLOR . 0. LORD STRWART. The LORD CHANCRt.toR -- was for a short time occupied - insome•private•buSiness in hit room,'and on taking his seat at-'lralt-irst ten, he was ad- Aressed'by Mr. EloßNß,,wito , s , aid—ft May I, my Lord for a moment or two,• solicit your attention to the case of Tempest and .Ord, which has already oc cupied so much of your Lordship's time. To me it can lie no► possible object ;. and indeed I should sincerely regret to occupy one moment lor ger of the valuable time of the Court, considering the repeated discussions this case has undergone. The merits of the case will now come before the IlouSe of Peers, in consequence of the appeal taken from the decision of your Lordship. That appeal having•bcen•notified publicly to your Lord ship, you were, as I understood your Lordship, pleased to order that the Master's Report, consi dering the marriage a proper one, should be con 'firmed, your Lordship seeing no objection to that. When this order was made, 1 understood your Lordship further to order, that the Master might in the mean time proceed with - the proposals of settlement bet Weeu Lard Stewart and Lady Emily Cane Trmpest, without prejudice to any question which mi g ht hereafter occupy theit Lordships' attention in the Upper House. To this I should think there can be no possible objection." 'The LORD - CliAlsrceLLoß—" You have, Mr. Horne, 'exitctly stated what I meant, in ordering the judgment 1 had formed to he drawn up." Mr. 1-1Oa—" Then, my Load, I conceive it to he understood as settled by your Lordship,4hat the Master may proceed in these proposals de.die in diem without prejudice to the question as it now comes before the House of Lords." The LORD CHANCELLOR -4' Precisely so, Mr. llorne ; that is exactly my intention in directing the order to be drawn up. Let it be, so, without prujndice, as you say, , to the decision of the House of Lords." CURIOUS CASE. JENKINS V. SIIAIIP. The SOLICITOR-GENBRIL, in this case, prayed the Lord Chancellor to confirm the Report of the Master. The folio iog..is a brief snmmary of the merits of this case:—Major-General Charles Sharp bad propo , ed 'to marry Miss Kitty Jenkins, other wise Redding, a minor and a r ward of the Court, who was entitled to an immense property tinder the will of the testator named in the cause, which pledged her to take the name of Redding. The Major was also entitled to certain property in Scotland, bequeathed to him on the express con dition that he should take the name of Sharp; and bear the arms of the Sharp family. The (faculty that arose in the mind of the Master was, how the parties,•could bear the •respective names and hold the property also. To do awaythisdiffiCulty, it was advised that an application should he made to the Prince Regent for a licence that the plain = of might, after her marriage, he at liberty to take the name of Redding, and bear the arms of the Sharp family. Sir S. ROs,trt..LY submitted, that if the Lady's issue should bear the name,of Redding, and the Major that of Sharp, one of the estates must fall. There was 'also - another objection to the solemni zation of this marriage, namely, that the infant was only allowed 4001. per annum for pin-money. while her husband was to have the possession of the estate and not bear the name of Redding. The LORD CHANCELLOR inquired if it was usnal to grant such a license ;—his Lordship had some taint recollection of the case of Serjeant Hill, in which he thought such had been the case. Sir S. ROMILLY • said, in the case of Serjeant Hill an Act of Parliainent had been made. The LORD CHANCELLOR said. that was a strong case, for if a license could have done there would have been no occasion for an Act of Parliament. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL understood the Crown bad granted such licences. The LOBO CHANCELLOR observed, the will ex pressed that the arms must be borne ; a license would not empower theM to do that. His Lord ship inquired what instances had been laid before the Master. The Souctrbit 2 GlNEttAt. did- not think there bad been any. Sir S. , RostmLY said there • could not be any fOund to lay before the Master. The LORo, CHANCELLOR vvished, search to be made for precedents. His Lordship-thought if the Act of Serjeant Hill 'were' looked into •it would throvi some most useful information on the sub j ect .--J udgment • post pried-. Counsel -were heard in the•long litigated cause of Brown and De- Tastet, which occupied his Lordship the rest of the day. An investigation • into the cause orthe late fire in the Dock-yard at Sheerness -is carrying .on ; but no circumstances to show Outfit was otherwise than accidental-are said to have transpired. On the .truth of th'e•fanwittg facts weareas , sured upon- the testimony. of credible eye wit nesses short time' slate - a poor woman died at Dnnbat." She had lived in •a' house b'y herself, and during her latter illness had been waited on by some' of her neighbours,-who relieved each other by turns„ in adniinisteringlo her' wants.--- She suffered but little bodily pain, but appeared to labour mulct' a great mental oppression, fre quently talking incoherently, and complaining of being disturbed by the crying of children and rocking of cradles. Theexpenses..of her' funeral were paid from a charitable - fund, and her effects exposed to public sale. These consisted of a bed, two old chairs, and a large chest. On opening the chest, the bystanders were horrified, by find ing sewed up in- a bag the skeletons of two iu tants ; and the skull of a third was distovered seweu into the straw bed on which the tvornan had slept. The matter immediately underwent every possible investigation by the proper audio- - hut without eliciting any farther disebi , very ; a►td there seemeu no way of accoonting for the stint:king - scene before theta; but by supposing , that theinfants had been the offspring-of the"nn` happy wretch deceased, by whom they must listv,sl been inhumanly murdered.--. Scotch Paper. lIEICIEORD ASSIZES. • fiettitottn, JULY. 16.--The Home Cirmitiom menced to-day, at this town, betoie Mr. Justice ABBoTt in the Nisi Prins Court, and Mr. Ser jean( Less in the Crown Court, Who goes the Circuit for Lord ELLeseonouGa, his Lordship being prevented by indisposition from .attend ing Assizes.—No case occurred of Itny pub lic interest. CIVIL SIDE. BREACH OF PROMISE OF MAitItIAGE. HARDENN V. CAUSTON. This was an action against the defendant for a breach of pro►nise of marriage with the plaintiff, end the case, which was tried by a special Jury, excited universal interest train its peculiar cir cumstances. The da►nages were laid at 50001. The plaintiff's case was conducted by Mr. GUR NEY a►►d Mr. CHITTY. The leading circumstances proved in evidente were these :—The plaintiff}', • who was represented to be a young Lstiy of great personal attractions, singular amiability of disposition, and possessing an accomplished and well-cultivated mind, is the daughter - of a respectable 'tradesman residing . at Hatfield, in this comity ; an the defendant is a Gentleman of independent fortune, lately retired from the business of„a hinter, which he carried ,on in Finch-lane, Cornhill. The parties arc first cousins by the maternal side ; and in the year 1807, the defendant, then about 30 years of age, and time plaintiff about 21, commenced his court ship, having known each .other from the earliest infancy. From that time down to the month of May, 1817, a voluminous epistolary correspon dence was carried on between them, the tiefen dant professing throughout the whole the most de voted and tender attachment toWaFds the pluiatiff, whose language, in reply, evinced on her pint the warmest reciprocity of affection. The de fendant's promise of marriage, relied upon in the plaintiff'S ease, wes expressed in these trims : " I will marry you as soon as circumstances will permit." It appeared that the defendant's' family were averse to the match, and took every occasion to discourage the connexion, imputing the regard of the plaintiff towards the defendant to sinister mo tives.' The defendant had gone the length of proposing to marry the plaintiff in private, to which she - consented; but although the wedding ring had been purchased, and the license obtain ed, and the half-brother of the plaintiff bad con sented to give her away, the contract was never fulfilled. This-intitsmacy continued down to Alay, 1817, when the defendant wrote :to the plaintiff,• announcing that' the best mode of terminating the anxious stispertse which she bad always expressed. Seise :to break '.off the . connexiorm, , and think am more ht matrimony;•-and , he submitted the propo- . sition to -her deliberate jedgmient, declaring -hie owwintention of breaking off 'the match. The defendant's ;father. was 'then living, the former being in partnership with.. the latter as printers, with a very profitable-business. In consequence of the defendant's determination to break his pro mise, Mr. Painter, a professional friend of the plaintiffts family was consulted, and at first he wrote a friendly letter to time defendant, conjuring him to consider again of his rash determination ; but this letter having no effecr, time present action was brought. Since the commencement of legal proceedings, the defendant's,father died, leaving him in possession of real and personal .property estimated at 20,0001. These were time principal circumstances proved in evidence, the Main ground of time case being substantiated by a volume of the defendant's letters, Seriol ' 'FADDY, with whom was Mr. Cu- MYN, addressed the Jury with considerable inge nnity.and eloquence, in .mitigation of di wages.' Mr. Justice ABBOTT summed tip the t.:rcutn stances of the case with great minuteness anti impartiality. The - Jury retired for about an hour, and on their return, found a verdict for the plaintiff. Da mages—Four Thousand Pounds. CORONERS' INQUESTS. SvicinE.—Yesterday an Inquisition was taken at the Black Horse, High-street, Shadwell, on the body of Mrs. Theodosia Stout, aged -40, who put a period to her existence by hanging herself. appeared, from the evidence of Mr.. George Hawker, of Hi►;h-street, Shedwell, brother-in law to the deceased, that the deceased's husband, Captain Stout, had been from home at sea, ,for a hingth of' time, which seemed to prey upon her mind very much ; he observed her of late to be• in a very melancholy state ; she would at intervals act in a manner like a .mad woman, by entertain ing an opinion that thieves were coming to her house to rob her, and, take her child away from her. On Thursday night-the deceased, thinking thieves were coming, ran up stairs to her cham ber, and' remained there a considerable time, which led witness to go and ascertain• the cause. On opening .the door of the apartment, he found the deceased suspended by a cord, one end of which was tied round her neck,, and the other to the bed-post ; he cut her down, and sent for• Mr. Blake, a surgeon, but she was quite dead. Wit ness is of opinion, that she committed the act herself, not being at the time in a state of'sountl. wind. Verdict---Bung hermit in aVote of Insanity. DEATH FaortExt ESStIrP" secoml Inquest was . beld'at the' Duke of Wellington, in the Commerchtl-road," St. George'S in the East, on the bifdy of Curtis -Haddingtort, who died from' excessive -. drinking of whiskey, under the following circumstances:-1t appeared - from the evidence of Air. Jackson, beadle of St. George's parish, that the deceased was a labourer in the employ' of Mr.. Bryant, distiller, of Napping-• street, and that on Wednesday evening. last he was at' work landing some. casks. of whiskey. On. finding,oppotunity, lie proceeded to w tab con taining: a great quantity of whiskey,.and:dranil of it till he tellidown. in . a state of insens.ibility, in which condition be:tras , found,. and taken to-the.. 'watelr-house; he smelt very. strong of' liquor, and, Sdon after: hit arrivali comae!' and • brftinrwere' tu high state of inflammation front ‘tile'OTects of tine liquor.. The deceased, has left a Wife and three children. Verdict'-,Di fawn cessive drinking of tch4key.. _ INTELLIG%NC Bow-STREET. / es te r. itd,Ve .- AT COVEN,i , GARD3-14 TtlEATßl3••—tvas day Patrick Magrath, a young gentleman, .d i brought. before 11...•BiaNts., Esq. charged riog making a disturbance. and violently oslintatio.. Mr. john, Brooks, who stated. himself to be a r fessional gentleman—that he was in 6 hox -en ,i, e ri vent-garden Theatre on Thursday. nights n Ay Mr. Magrath entered the boxas sitting ide, he wished to have the door shut, which th e 1 6 tendant objected to ; be then re-quested hitno wove to the hour seat in the box, i he r t a b refused tO do. Mr. Magrath soon after er box, and he heard him alluding to hilt' sonally, by saying that he was a hanger nil 1 ,16 - 1 1 -In the Theatre, that he wa'• ii Theatre, that he . lived on - females, - an d 6 1 : e . insulting and degrading epithets respecti n g ' 1 • 111 0 .% This language and conduct of the defendant i n ; (bleed him. to leave the box, when he 10 0 fi d i t1 defendant in - the lobby, repeating sk" 118 : fa; guage ; he id eonseeilience went up to lab"' "t n i. called upon 'inn to explain w bat he tnetint hick using such insulting language toward: hini; he declared to be most fake ; he assir ted character was the reverse of What he hod be charged with, and that he was a professional 0311 and well known to be a different pet-50.0%0 what the defendant had represented him „ d o. therefore stated, that the defendant had bee n strting the most gross falsehoods, when he trios s violently assaulted and struck him. ,rof The defendant did not deity using th e : 1 1; epithets towards the prosecutor, with " 1"- had been charged ; he in fact justified the m ' h a li recriminated against the prosecutor for havi n g s oit assaulted him, but 'his charge or evidence en,:o.c. not be received on oath, and he was 'th eti 'le..; ordered to...find hail or be committed. Iheh'ipr fendant pet sisted that Mr. Brooks str uck : - sfrie first, and wished to prosecute Mr. Brooks b e - p c informed by the Magistrate that be con ia ` lO bilk at the Sessions if he pleased, by prettraing sr of indictment. HATTON-GARDEN. rd'f' CRUELTY TO CLIMBING BoY- --- '7 te ; I ' o4 ' Edward Gay, a mazzter chimney-sweeper, tcl.l4iiii: in Park-place, St. Mary-le-bone, wa s bro'Y' i t by; the custody of Litubrick, the OlLicer, c10r46•411, a poor IVOTTIaII of the name of M:iry cruelly and unmercifully heating her sou , ' horse Fraulty, a boy eleven years of age, w ith a whip,. he being apprenticed to the prisever,,oe The boy, after being info' med tif the-o'"—oter an oat stated,, that, on Monday last, b is sent hint along; with another .boy.to swe e P - chimnies, but finding one of 4,bein to be lt ' ao' s dangerous state ; he retuseci to g() th 4 '.oo on his return home, the other buy told by who snipped (di witness's jacket, an d ~1 )„ e ; with hoisevi hip, while naked, until his u - , 11 " 8 0 " cut in several rlaces and covered with bl` tic 40 ' 7 ' in which state, as soon as he had an opl 1 “'o ‘ . he went home to his mother,. who took I°l o of il surgeon to be examined and have h is W-LI 0 1 dressetL Mr. Skinner, surgeon, of Fl a tton-;-, l3r( e ' en %'"" f tended on behalf ot the poor little s.l ller r -r, aill e `' stated, that, having examined him he 3 s c- i c t ° that his body was all over lace'reited tit horsewhip. trin es o( '' ' s ' M The case being made out, the ilia -'celled, tiered that the indentures should be c;;;lCellej' at' a thr!froy he delivered up to his motl-ler• for lie prisoner was severely rein in : l o "e- ,CIlt ier, brutal and unmerciful behaviour i t , h i 3 and he was then discharged. .7.1.11111•1•111. .....r........ --...---2-7././ ,"' -'n , • 17. 2 0 5 ' COURSE OF EXCHANGE, ;56 I - Fittn,tY, • 13. - Amsterdam. . 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Oa. o f BIRTHS. . b o aset".o. l o OnThursday, at her father's Mr. Mitchell s ....„dat ' - ' , . . li e C ,.. street, Berkeley-square, the Marchioness elA cif two ti 0 vd,•, burg ' Oil the 12th inst. at•Shandwidt-places '--- 1 .............,"' of Major James Let, of a daughter. ___..--------- -,P -- nt 'P e MA MUM. On Wednesday last, at Wells, h) the Re,., ClenfC;l3,,reint: Dragoons, to flat Fier, way, Chaplain to his 11,,, a 1 Hi,,, tin - ,Lis the li'llAooll Pri;teirtr 'RlOlaid Burford, Esq. iormer'ithe iterY al `l,te II" 11 0 street, anti sister to the present .T. P. Tudwa4v, E' 4 l' ' 1. 16' M e , c i t ' i or On NVednesd.iy, the I 511 i instant, i t the Frie lt o .,l `,. J e lir one of rho ) : daughters of t l ' e p. for %S ' ,- 1. ; . " to Elizabeth, second daughter of T"°3l- ..„....". house; Kiiigston-upon-Thairres Joseph Isila01)' site' Esq. Camberwell. larr iet: DI F D ' Nitill I. Po rt Ott Wednesday last, dt T ' , .. I Wei IS •"" cety. wife of _ .. "MI oil( ge L' . e,...iti ... William Cotton, Esq. of Upper erN. • c tio Blaeirman.street, marl-square. ,6 of ° e -e in Lately, in Rut land-sqtutre, l),lbliri. the Cotriltejn, ho' n 'f pi On iTluirsday morning; ih . teth inst. a t I, y or Mr. Tiihoth y e Fiu i nt, Cle t% age. 40 11 I i t! the C bt off On Friday, the ad lust B Mrs. Niar/' 0 0 0 , of Kinastico, _ tit .at ath, . p o rt til •en square. et/ Or Olt . 11111 Hay last, at hisiltou e in George square, Mr. Jon. • Cope, s • as aged 72. $1 q 6re 4 , . -7""--o----v . Z' . %;• ' 4 LONDON: Priatcd by J;131 CAliSTAlß%.ii,ped i : 0 i ., Ornumthstrect, Clneerj-gwv,..c.' ~,,d P w ; at ''' ti Or"" r" SCIIIPPS, of No. 7, Soot ': ,1•,1,0,..treg" cots, Office No. 11, • " • .rtisery o. -.., strand ; where Art" . c e. Letters, &e, (post-paid) mu4t, be adstrggs ' t